Box fastener



vS. H. DAVIS.

BOX FASTENER. I APPLICATION FILED FEB. 10, 1921.

1,435,589. Patented Nov. 14', 1922.

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n hTATES PArENT @FFMZ STANLEY H. DAVIS, 01 TOLEDO, QHIO.

BOX FASTENEB.

Application filed February 10, 1921. Serial No. 443,751.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STANLEY II. DAVIS, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, havemade an Invention'Appertaining to Box Fasteners; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates particularly to fasteners for the covers ofpasteboard or other similar boxes, and has for its obj ect the provisionof a simple, inexpensive and highly efficient fastening means of thischaracter, which is separate from the box and is adapted to be easilyand quickly applied thereto to secure the body and cover together inclosed relation.

The invention is fully described in the following specification, andwhile, in its broader aspect, it is capable of embodiment in numerousforms, a preferred embodiment thereof is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a cross-sectional view of a box in perspective, with a partof the cover broken away and with a pair of fasteners embodying theinvention applied thereto but not in clinched engagement therewith. Fig.2 is a similar view thereof with the fasteners clinched in holdingrelation to the box body and cover. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of one ofthe fasteners, and Fig. 4L is a section thereof on the line 44 in Fig.3.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a box of the pasteboard typehaving the customary telescoped bottom and cover portions 2 and 3,respectively.

The fastener embodying the invention is preferably made of a light formof easily bendable sheet metal, and, in its present embodiment,comprises a body part 4 of narrow elongated form with one end pointed ormade in V-shape, as shown at 5, to adapt it to be forced through the boxmaterial. The other end of the fastener is provided with a il-shapedhead or enlargement 6 to adapt it to be forced through the material of abox. This head, in the pres ent instance, at its inner end is broaderthan the body member 4 and has a finger 7 proecting therefrom at eachside of the body portion for a distance toward the pointed end 5thereof. The inner end of the head 6 is slightly offset from. the bodyportion 4, as shown atS, so as to dispose the fingers 7 in slightlyspaced parallel relation to one face of the body portion, as best shownin Fig. 4, to permit the fingers to be hooked over and lap one side wallof the box while the body portion 4 is disposed at the other side of theWall. The fastener is of greater length than the depth of the box inconnection with which it is to be used to adapt its ends to extend aboveand below the box when the parts are assembled.

In the use of my fastener the body portion 4 thereof is placed at theinner side of a side or end wall of the body portion of a box with thefingers 7 hooked over and extending down at the outer side of such wall,as shown in Fig. 1, and with the pointed end 5 forced down through thebottom of the box close to the wall. The box cover is then placed overthe box body and in being forced down thereon causes the pointed head 6of the fasteners to cut through the top portion of the cover, as shown.The projecting ends 5 and 6 of the fastener are then bent over, as shownin Fig. 2, to prevent a withdrawal of the cover from the body. Anynumber of fasteners desired may be used in connection with a box.

It is evident that I have provided a fastener which is simple andinexpensive in its construction and capable of being easily and quicklyapplied to any box of a pasteboard or similar nature and that whenapplied thereto serves to securely hold the bottom and cover together inclosed relation. To open the box it is only necessary to straighten outthe bent over ends of the fasteners at either end thereof.

I wish it understood that my invention is not limited to any specificconstruction, arrangement, or form of the parts, as it is capable ofnumerous modifications and changes without departing from the spirit ofthe claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is,

1. A fastener of the class described, comprising a bendable elongatedmember having opposed pointed end portions for respective- 1y piercingthe top and bottom of a box, and a hooked portion near one end forengaging over a side Wall of the box.

2. A fastener of the class described, having a hooked portion forengaging over a side edge of a box, and portions projecting through thebottom and cover of the box.

3. A fastener of the class described, comprising an elongated memberhaving longitudinally projecting bendable portions at opposite ends forpiercing the bottom and top of the box, and having a laterally oll'setlinger near one end projecting toward the other end for engaging overthe side wallol a box.

4L. A fastener of the class described, comprising an elongated memberhaving bendable ends adapted to perforate opposite box Walls, and havinga plurality of lingers proj ecting therefrom near one end and adapted tohook over and lap an edge Wall of a box.

5. A fastener of the class described, comprising a member adapted to lapa Wall of a box and having bendable end portions for projecting throughopposed portions of the box, and having a portion intermediate its endsfor holding engagement With the member projecting longitudinally fromthe inner end of the head between the fingers,

the head and body member being bendable. In testimony whereof I havehereunto signed my name .to this specification.

STANLEY H. DAVIS.

